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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED

FLASH FLOOD WARNING

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAY ME

206 PM EDT MON JUN 27 2005



THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAY MAINE HAS ISSUED A



* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  NORTHWESTERN FRANKLIN COUNTY IN WESTERN MAINE

  THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF COBURN GORE



* UNTIL 400 PM EDT



* AT 205 PM EDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED

  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE WARNED AREA.



* THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER

  MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.



EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL 

CREEKS AND STREAMS AND POSSIBLY ALONG ROUTE 27.



RADAR HAS INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN FRANKLIN COUNTY 

HAVE PRODUCED UP TO FOUR INCHES OF RAIN.  THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN 

THE AREA WITH MORE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEARBY IN CANADA AND 

MOVING SLOWLY EAST TOWARD FRANKLIN COOUNTY.



IN ADDITION TO HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODING THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE 

FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUST 

UP TO 40 MPH.



A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.

IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE

PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS

SWIFTLY FLOWING WATERS OR WATERS OF UNKNOWN DEPTH BY FOOT OR BY

AUTOMOBILE.



LAT...LON 4527 7082 4529 7047 4546 7049 4544 7084



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